First of all - sorry for writing this in English....my written German is atrocious.
This book deals with one of the most important processes of modern South American history - the sandinista insurrecion and revolution from 1977-90.
I was there for the first part of this incredible journey and experienced it as - among other things - an unbelievable explosion of fantasy and energy. It was the Spanish Civil war of my generation.
The book documents this through a unique collection of posters calling to arms and insurrection, to guerilla war and, after the revolution, to the construction of a new and better fatherland. (Seeing them again I actually miss the days of working 20 hours, seven days a week - and paying for the privilege doing just that).
It also brings me incredible sadness and loss to see the, later, posters of friends, who later fell in the fight against the contras.
However, there is a glaring omission in this book. The last chapter deals with the solidarity movement in Germany.
Make that West Germany. I have not come across a single word about the sandinista support in the DDR, which certainly would merit an analisys.
It is arrogant. And, more than that, it is a shame. My companera grew up on the eastern side of the wall and was involved in the bürgerrechtsbewegung. However she - and some of her friends - were just as involved in the defense of the sandinistas as many in the west. The dissidents might have been in opposition to most policies of their homeland - but this was one area, where official policy appears to have had wider support. Perhaps an idea for a second edition.